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  • Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.

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  • Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
A submitted architectural drawing shows a proposed three-story apartment building in Floridian Town Center’s first multifamily phase. The Apopka Development Review Committee is scheduled to review the plans Sept. 16.
Teresa Sargeant
September 14, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Residents attend an Apopka mayoral runoff forum at Victory Church earlier this year. Apopka Involved Voters will hold Orange County mayoral and County Commission District 2 forums at the same venue Sept. 21 and 22.
Teresa Sargeant
September 14, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Members of the Apopka City Commission meet Wednesday, July 1, at Apopka City Hall. The commission will hold its final fiscal year 2027 budget hearing and regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Teresa Sargeant
September 14, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Apopka first responders, city officials and community members gather at the city’s 9/11 memorial outside City Hall on Friday, Sept. 11, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The memorial, completed in 2016 as Christian Lamphere’s Eagle Scout project, incorporates a section of steel from the World Trade Center.
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Christopher Lenahan is an engineer with the Apopka Fire Department.
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Commissioner Nadia Anderson; Joseph Patton, city human resources director
Teresa Sargeant
September 10, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Skip Strohm sits in his office at Strohm Insurance in Apopka. Strohm, who grew up on Long Island, remembers watching the World Trade Center's Twin Towers rise during childhood trips into Manhattan with his father and later witnessing the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
A development team is eyeing 2020 Old Dixie Highway, Apopka, which currently has a single-family home, as the site of the proposed 100-unit affordable housing development Gale Vista.
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Jimmy Brown is pictured during his years with the New York City Fire Department. Brown, now a Winter Garden resident and Orange County Sheriff's Office employee, was a probationary FDNY firefighter when he responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Southwick Commons, a 192-unit affordable housing development at 520 Brighton Ave. in Apopka, is now open and leasing one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Members of the Apopka City Commission meet Wednesday, July 1, at Apopka City Hall. The commission will hold its final fiscal year 2027 budget hearing and regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Apopka City Commission to consider final FY2027 budget, stormwater plan Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 14, 2026
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Commission also to weigh higher stormwater assessments, CRA extension request.
Apopka first responders, city officials and community members gather at the city’s 9/11 memorial outside City Hall on Friday, Sept. 11, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The memorial, completed in 2016 as Christian Lamphere’s Eagle Scout project, incorporates a section of steel from the World Trade Center.
Apopka marks 25 years since 9/11 with ceremony outside City Hall Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2026
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Lamphere returns 10 years after Eagle Scout project became city memorial.
Christopher Lenahan is an engineer with the Apopka Fire Department.
For Christopher Lenahan, firefighting is a career of serviceSarah Merly
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2026
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Firefighter uncle killed three months before 9/11
Commissioner Nadia Anderson; Joseph Patton, city human resources director
Records detail planning staff allegations against Anderson Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 10, 2026
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Commissioner denies pressuring staff; city says no ethics referral was made.
Skip Strohm sits in his office at Strohm Insurance in Apopka. Strohm, who grew up on Long Island, remembers watching the World Trade Center's Twin Towers rise during childhood trips into Manhattan with his father and later witnessing the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  
Insurance agent recalls watching Twin Towers rise – and seeing aftermath of their fall Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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Long Island native remembers towers' construction and haunting sight after attacks.
A development team is eyeing 2020 Old Dixie Highway, Apopka, which currently has a single-family home, as the site of the proposed 100-unit affordable housing development Gale Vista.
Gale Vista plans face turn-lane, building-height questions Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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Planning recommends denial pending revisions to affordable-housing proposal.
Jimmy Brown is pictured during his years with the New York City Fire Department. Brown, now a Winter Garden resident and Orange County Sheriff's Office employee, was a probationary FDNY firefighter when he responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Former FDNY firefighter reflects on 9/11 survival 25 years laterTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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OCSO employee recalls North Tower, trauma and the 9,131 days since then.
Southwick Commons, a 192-unit affordable housing development at 520 Brighton Ave. in Apopka, is now open and leasing one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
Southwick Commons opens 192-unit affordable housing community in Apopka Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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192-unit affordable housing development opens after years-long dispute with city.
A house stands in September 2025 on the Old Dixie Highway property proposed for the Gale Vista affordable-housing development. The latest plans call for 100 apartments, down from the 400 units proposed last year.
Gale Vista to return to Apopka DRC with apartment count reduced to 100 Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 7, 2026
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DRC also will review 106 homes at Crossroads and Springhaven amenities.
Central Florida Preparatory School head of school Julia Najera cuts the ribbon Friday, Aug. 28, to celebrate the opening of the Robert A. Flanders Athletic and Performing Arts Center. The 24,000-square-foot facility includes a gymnasium, classrooms and space for athletic, academic and performing arts programs.
Central Florida Prep opens new athletic, performing arts center Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 4, 2026
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24,000-square-foot facility marks completion of decades-long vision.



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